Taking back power
Locally owned energy can provide a wide range of benefits, from reducing emissions to helping fund local initiatives. Paul Allen introduces a scheme local to CAT, Bro Dyfi Community Renewables,…
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Category: Climate Change
COP28 – critical steps, but much further to go before we reach safer ground
The global agreement on climate change agreed last week in Dubai has been described as “the beginning of the end” for fossil fuels and as devastatingly insufficient for the urgency…
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COP28 – a critical milestone
As global leaders gather in Dubai for the start of the UN climate talks, CAT’s Paul Allen explores some of the key issues and looks ahead to what we can…
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CAT joins Protecting our Planet Day for schools
On Thursday 30 November, CAT is taking part in an inspiring day dedicated to environmental issues and solutions, livestreamed from experts around the world to schools across the UK.
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Our foot is still on the accelerator – overview of key outcomes from COP27
COP27 has delivered an important agreement on funding for loss and damage, but fallen woefully short on what’s needed to stop catastrophic climate change. Paul Allen reports.
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COP27 jargon buster
From ‘NDCs’ to ‘Loss and Damage’, the language used in the UN climate talks can make it difficult to follow what’s going on. Sarah Briggs is here to help.
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To avoid climate catastrophe, COP27 must move from pledges to action
With the next round of UN climate talks about to begin in Egypt, Paul Allen looks at the urgent need for joined-up solutions.
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New guidance published to help councils take action on the climate emergency
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has today published a new set of recommendations to help UK councils tackle the Climate Emergency, based on a series of workshops with 10…
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Somersaulting sky-divers
For many of us, they are the joyous sound of a summer evening as they hurtle around rooftops, but our beloved Swifts are in serious decline. Joe Downie looks at…
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Improving the Carbon Literacy of councils
More than 100 councils across England and Wales have now completed our Zero Carbon Britain Carbon Literacy training.
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